LAFAYETTE — Alani Estrella and his fellow members of Centaurus High School marching band are honored to be invited to a remembrance of the 9/11 tragedy. He just hopes everyone can make it there.

“We’re one band. We’re one family,” said Estrella, a senior and saxophone player. “So, we want all of us to be there and all of us to just enjoy the honor of making America happy once again.”

The Centaurus marching band was one of 23 bands nationwide invited to play in “The Band of Pride 10th Anniversary Tribute to 9/11,” which will be performed in New York’s Times Square in November in conjunction with Veterans Day.

“It’s just like we’re standing on a pedestal and we’re able to show the world what we’ve got,” said Kelsea Krawetz, a sophomore and trumpet player.

But for Aaron Vogelsberg, the director of bands, this is more than just another musical performance for his students.

“I think it’s a bit of a history lesson for them,” said Vogelsberg. “I mean, they’ve heard about it. They know what it’s about, but they’ve never really seen what actually happened.”

All of these students were fairly young during the Sept. 11 attacks.

“I was probably in kindergarten when it happened,” said Krawetz.

Trying to grant these teens this experience in New York is expensive.

“To take 80 kids, it’s about $120,000, and right now most of the funding is by the parents themselves paying for it,” said Vogelsberg.

They have been fundraising since October. Vogelsberg says so far, they’ve received only about 20 percent of the funding they need for everyone to go.

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